Morning after, it's what it is.

Posted on September 27, 2026 at 08:39:51 AM by el fuego (edited September 27, 2026 at 08:42:46 AM)

Playcalling has been lackluster, but not bad enough to cost the game. I was harsh on Berry yesterday. He wasn't the reason they lost. There were several other reasons Michigan didn't win, not just one and some was just stupid luck for Iowa.

I don't think Whittingham will be axed after this season, and he shouldn't either. They'll get better, but with this staff, they won't ever have the same potential as Harbaugh.

Whittingham is essentially a Ferentz clone at best. Michigan's talent should be enough to beat most big 10 teams, particularly Iowa, but there will be more losses if they can't clean up the stupid penalties.

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Glass half full: Bryce played a great game, the D was great for 3.5 quarters, and it took a combination of several very unlikely outcomes… - By Craig September 27, 2026 at 08:26:50 AM
- Right, a perfect storm of bad coaching decisions, bad luck, and unfavorable officiating - By jon September 27, 2026 at 08:49:27 AM
  - ND 1990 was a much better team than Iowa, it was on the road and ND was in a better position on that winning drive - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:55:28 AM
- Morning after, it's what it is. - By el fuego September 27, 2026 at 08:39:51 AM
  - On your 2nd paragraph - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:45:19 AM
    - I was talking about Whittingham but had to correct my initial sentence. I have no clue if Whittingham fires Beck. - By el fuego September 27, 2026 at 08:52:20 AM
      - Bryce having 3 OCs in 3 years would be pretty bonkers. I know Rich has a throbbing hate boner for the Beck system, but they were moving the ball at will against an Iowa defense. Gotta get reps and clean up the mistakes. They looks miles better than weeks 1-2.* - By Bluebuck September 27, 2026 at 08:59:30 AM
        
        agree. it will be a top 20 offense by the end of the year, trending upwards. - By DetUMICH September 27, 2026 at 09:04:59 AM
        
        The rhino package is stupid. It's ugly football and IMO we would run the ball better without it. You are replacing a talented WR or TE with shit OLs. Dumb - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 09:03:33 AM
        
        It wasn't working with Beigel. Then they had Gach and he can't even get lined up correctly. How many signs does Beck need before he realizes it's not working? * - By BMH75 September 27, 2026 at 09:05:45 AM
        
        His quote this past week was 'this is what we have always run'. Very RR like. He is not changing. More rhino!!! * - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 09:07:09 AM
      - Teams change OCs all the time. Keeping a failed one would be worse* - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:56:16 AM
        
        If this was his first year and he never showed any promise, sure. I just don't think he's a dud because of the results so far. - By el fuego September 27, 2026 at 09:03:39 AM
        
        Most of that yardage was pure Bryce talent, not a great system* - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 09:06:10 AM
        
        you can hate on the O results and style but please for the love of god don’t pivot to “it was all the sherrone moore talent” if they improve.* - By DetUMICH September 27, 2026 at 09:13:34 AM
        
        Depends on the improvement. Certainly part of it is Sherrone providing Underwood, Marshall, Marsh, Hiter, Hansen and some good OLs. Whit deserves credit for adding Buchanan. The job of the OC is to maximize that. We should have scored 30-40 yesterday. We should have done the same vs Western. - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 09:21:04 AM
  - Whitt’s ceiling IMO is Harbaugh pre-2020. If he stays 3-4 years maybe he sneaks in the playoffs one year, but we’ll never be a legit contender.* - By Eric September 27, 2026 at 08:44:15 AM
    - $40mm roster. $12mm QB. I would hope a playoff berth would be expected every year. * - By BMH75 September 27, 2026 at 09:50:21 AM
      - Not with a 10 cent staff* - By ameriKa September 27, 2026 at 10:08:42 AM
    - I would take that. I hope he can get there. One thing JH did is beat teams he should beat esp at home. Yesterday would have been 31-0* - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:47:09 AM
      - Why would you take that? This is why OSU owns us* - By hambone September 27, 2026 at 09:43:37 AM
        
        Agree.* - By ameriKa September 27, 2026 at 10:51:20 AM
      - I wouldn’t. We should be able to do better than that. Don’t think KW can though.* - By Eric September 27, 2026 at 09:13:09 AM
        
        You have a point with 3 4 team playoffs in our recent past. However early Harbaugh would still have made 2 12-team playoffs in 5 years. Michigan s/b in a 12 team playoff at least half the time. This year will likely make us 0 for 3 after going 5 for 8. Next year would be a must* - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 09:23:30 AM
      - Yep. Jim would have beat the fuck out of that Iowa team.* - By LS&Play September 27, 2026 at 08:48:26 AM
        
        Iowa hosts OSU next week. We will see how good they are. I actually think this Iowa team defense is not as good as they usually are - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:52:10 AM
        
        Agree. They are a good defense, but not championship worthy. They received an incredible amount of help from the officials, and to be fair, some boneheaded penalties we actually committed, and of course a cowardly OC when it mattered… - By ameriKa September 27, 2026 at 09:34:02 AM
        
        OSU will win like 34-6. Like you said it’s not even a good Iowa defense. We had no issues moving the ball.* - By LS&Play September 27, 2026 at 08:54:26 AM
- I thought Marshall made some good tough runs. They missed a couple but there are not that many holes. The rhino clogs up the middle with an extra blocker and extra defenders.* - By Rich September 27, 2026 at 08:35:48 AM
- I did not think Iowa could drive 90 yards. Much less in 2 minute drill. *** - By Cincywolve September 27, 2026 at 08:35:31 AM
  - They needed help to do it and they got with the Berry penalty and the tipped pass - By y2wolv September 27, 2026 at 08:50:41 AM
- I think both can be true. This team can obviously do some really nice things on both sides of the ball and still lose games. Constantly “tripping on our dicks” and a shackled offense (which appear to be staples) make our margin for error very small and mean we’ll be in a lot of close games.* - By Eric September 27, 2026 at 08:31:51 AM
  - Right. I did not mean to suggest that it’s one or the other. It’s clearly both/and*** - By Craig September 27, 2026 at 08:40:47 AM

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